Topic: my SME 5.5 does not fetch email from easydns

[daley]

Hi all,

For the dynamic IP user, how do i enable the dynamic DNS  in order to receive mail from easydns server?

Also, do we need to amend /etc/easydns.conf?

Regards,
Daley

[Dan Williams]

Hi,
If you are using your E-Smith server with EasyDNS, Darrell May has an excellent contrib here http://myezserver.com/downloads/mitel/contrib/ez-ipupdate-3.0.10/
Follow the instructions.
Do not modify /etc/easydns.conf directly, however you can modify the template (as suggested in /etc/easydns.conf)
The only changes I made to my file, for easydns compatability was to add a line all by itself that said wildcard.
This configuration has worked great for me for at least 2 months now.
I am a long ways from an expert, but hope the advice I have given, is correct, it worked for me..
Dan

[Daley]

Dan,

Yes, i am using the SME with easyDNS and installed Darrell's ez-ipupdate.

I have been worked out this very hard but still failed.... first at all, my IP always change when i log on to the internet every time, my questions are...

1. how do confirm that my easydns page setup is correct for those who are running the dynamic IP.

2. my SME 5.5 is the gateway and server solution, therefore, do i need to amend the easydns.conf such as like the interface=eth1 to ppp0 if any.

as advised by easydns,  the options for ez-ipupdate for easydns server shd like ./ez-ipupdate --service-type easydns --user user:password --host domain.com --interface ppp0.

Would appreciate if you can share with me some example of it.

pls advise.

Regards,
daley

[Dan Williams]

Hi,
All I did, as per the instructions in the how to, was go back thru, and reconfigure the server. The "Select Dynamic DNS Service" portion of the configuration did everything I needed.
I think you may be running into a problem more on the EasyDNS end of it, (did you configure the settings on their page to tell your domain to use dynamic dns??) and their tech support is very good.
Are you dial UP, or ADSL?
Where are you located? I am dynamic IP to, but I have retained my IP for a very long time.
Dan

[daley]

Dan,

Yeah, i think the SME box shd be alright... i'm the ADSL dialup user and running the dynamic IP address.

I have also enable the Dynamic DNS on their page, but thing is we are living in the different timezone, that is really an issue for tech support via phone but email, by the way, i am from asia.

I guess my easydns members page is incorrect, how does the easydns "MX Setting" look like? do i need to add "smtp.easydns.com" for mail spool backup?

my current member page setting as below...

MX Setting
==========
Zone      Handled by host      pref.
=============================================
domain.com   mail.domain.com      5

Hosts
=====
Host         IP
=============================================
domain.com      PENDING
mail.domain.com      219.93.243.19 (dynamic ip)

Regards,
Daley

[Dan Williams]

Hi,
This has left the scope of my ability to help you, I apologize.
You definately need o e-mail the support staff at easydns, I have used them in the past, and they are very prompt with the steps / answers.

My mx record a easydns looks like this:
Mail for zone: xxx.com
Handled by servers:xxx.com
AND, for backup mail, I have their servers set up as well,
smtp.easydns.com.
smtp2.easydns.com.

You say you are an ADLS dial up user? I thought ADSL was a 24X7X365 connection, (it is here anyway) making it easy to host web services such as mail, etc.

If you are a true dial up user, it may not be in your best interest to try and do things the way you are.

Hope this helps. and please e-mail easydns support, they will get you sorted out.

Dan

[daley]

Hi Dan,

Thanks.

Pertaining the mx record for easydns member page, i think i gort it wrong the easydns page, will triyto reset the Handled by servers from "mail.xxx.com" to "xxx.com".

how about the hosts section? do we need to change the SME email setting, something like "standard" to 'ETRN" mode???

Yes, there is dialup ADSL available here, almost same as like normal dialup, the more you use, the more you pay, the usage rate is depending the amount of time spend rather than a fix access rate.

i will try it later, and will wait the easydns.com reply till your weekday comes...

Have a good weekend.

Regards,
Daley

[Daley]

Dan,

Can u show me a copy of easydns.conf file?

Regards,
Daley

[Dan Williams]

Hi,
service-type=easydns
user=qqq:qqq
host=you.com
mx=you.com&backmx=YES
wildcard
interface=eth1
cache-file=/tmp/ez-ipupdate.cache
daemon

Any further needs please contact easydns.
Dan

[daley]

Dan,

the dynamic ip is working now, thanks so much for help.

rock...

regards,
daley

[Peter Walter]

Guys,

I have a related problem with ez-ipupdate. I downloaded the rpm and followed Darrell's instructions carefully, but I could not get it to work. After reading the related posts on this thread, I inspected the easydns.conf file and noticed that the following environment variables are being expanded incorrectly:
{$DynDnsAccount} expands to "dnsaccount"
{$DynDnsPassword} expands to "dnspassword"

Fudging the template to store the correct account name and password is working for me now, but  can someone explain why this is happening? The correct account name and password are entered in the "custom" option for configuring Dynamic Dns.

Thanks
Peter

[Dan Williams]

Hi,
Did you do Step 2 on Darrells "easydns-howto.html" ?
Dan

[Peter Walter]

Dan Williams wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Did you do Step 2 on Darrells "easydns-howto.html" ?
> Dan

Dan,

Yes. I followed all four steps carefully, and rechecked the e-smith configuration steps to make sure that the correct information was specified.

Peter

[Dan Williams]

Hi,
I have used this, I am guessing 3 months now, no problems.
However, if you are doing any chages to the easydns.conf file, it should be done here...
/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/easydns.conf/10easydns at least that is what I have always done, and it worked.
Dan

[Peter Walter]

Dan,

Yes,  I modified /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/easydns.conf/10easydns and fudged the environment variables {$DynDnsAccount} and {$DynDnsPassword} to reflect what the values should be; the template then expanded correctly and the ez-ipupdate service now works. What I am trying to understand is why the environment variables were not expanded correctly to the entries I made  for the "custom" dynamic DNS settings. By the way, the environment variable {$DomainName} is being correctly replaced by my actual domain name; just the account:password entries are wrong.

Peter